New ash cloud heading toward Europe...

It was just announced over the radio here in Kansas City that the Ash Cloud is escalating and worse then what they had first thought .Air travel
throughout Europe maybe canceled until Friday .Here are A couple Of Recent Posts

Also they are saying at this point 40,000 Americans stranded in Britain due to the ash cloud and that the cloud will eventually reach the US ,though
it will most likeley have lost alot of its power .Scientists are allready saying this one eruption has released more carbon dioxide then all of
humanity in its entire history and will most likeley cause global cooling .

If there was loss of life it would certainly be a different story.Being stranded is inconvenience more than anything,iam sure we have all been stuck
somewhere before,just have to sit it out.
Recent reports going on another thred say its getting worse? Bans in place till possibly friday!!!

Originally posted by essanance
Scientists are allready saying this one eruption has released more carbon dioxide then all of humanity in its entire history and will most likeley
cause global cooling .

Er, what Scientists say that? I've often heard this claim about volcanos, CO2 and human output and yet, every time I look it up, Human CO2 emissions
dwarf that of any volcano.

Also, why would these "scientists" you refer too (yet don't quote or link) think that if this volcano did indeed emit more CO2 than humans have in
forever, why would they say it would cause global cooling? I am aware of the mechanics of how a volcano would cause global cooling, but it has sod all
to do with CO2...

Originally posted by essanance
Scientists are allready saying this one eruption has released more carbon dioxide then all of humanity in its entire history and will most likeley
cause global cooling .

Er, what Scientists say that? I've often heard this claim about volcanos, CO2 and human output and yet, every time I look it up, Human CO2 emissions
dwarf that of any volcano.

Also, why would these "scientists" you refer too (yet don't quote or link) think that if this volcano did indeed emit more CO2 than humans have in
forever, why would they say it would cause global cooling? I am aware of the mechanics of how a volcano would cause global cooling, but it has sod all
to do with CO2...

I am listening to talk radio 710 kcmo and that is what i heard on the top of the hour news at about 10 tonight .Im sorry i cant post what i heard but
i will not be called a liar ,it is what was said on the news.

Since this is a global warming question, I'll assume you mean CO2. We don't know how much CO2 the Iceland eruption has emitted yet. However, we do
know that the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 (2nd largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century) emitted about 10 gigatons

No No No! They got it wrong. CO2 causes global WARMING - Al Gore said so and he is never wrong.

Seriously though, when the scientists spew such contradictory garbage year in, year out, is it any wonder people start to view them with distrust and
derision?

They concentrate on CO2 as it's the preferred nasty substance that the entire AGW crowd have placed all their chips on, and have pushed as the single
most dangerous substance of all time. They can't very well backtrack now and tell us they were wrong after all, not when they have invested so much
in setting up the brokerages and are expecting their big returns on carbon credit trading.

and why do you have to attack me ,I am simply posting what i have read and heard ,i have posted sites showing and have others agreeing with me .You
seem to be the minority here ,well maybe your on the board of Al Gores Carbon Tax company and then i can see why ,to you guys nothing causes anything
bad but us awfull awfull humans

Volcanoes spew a lot of debris and gases high up into the upper atmosphere that ends up spreading around the world with the upper winds. These
particles and gases can prevent sunlight from penetrating the upper atmosphere thus resulting in a cooling as not enough of the Sun's energy is
hitting the surface.

If more big volcanoes go off around the world and don't just "BURP" for a short period but erupt big time for 1-3 years.

Something big obviously triggers Ice Ages roughly every 25000 years and the 5th-6th cycle of this event appears to be really bad.

I heard on the news that the last time this volcano in Iceland erupted it blew for 18 months. Even if it only goes for a month or two. That will be
devastating for the airline industry.

My personal opinion is that the airline industry in Europe crashed a loaded 747 into the volcano to set it off in order to secure a bailout from the
EU as airline travel is so vital to Europe. They used the volcano to cover their misdeeds

Please also visit the Eumetsat ash page and play the animation. The ash cloud is
the slightly pink stuff. The brown and black is normal clouds in this instance. You are looking for an emission from a single point and this is the
pink at present (it can be black sometimes)

Also, your link about volcano CO2 actually states that is a fraction of Human CO2 emissions, which is what I called you out on. I don't doubt thats
what they said on the Radio, but you parroted the information without checking it. It is, in fact, a total bare-faced lie that Volcanos emit anywhere
near the amount of CO2 generated by human activity.

From your very own link:

The Pinatubo eruption was estimated to have emitted only a modest 42 megatons CO2 (Gerlach 1996), a small fraction of the total natural and
anthropogenic annual emissions. M

Which completely contradicts your statement here:

However, we do know that the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 (2nd largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century) emitted about 10 gigatons

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